Railway-rail anchor



July 23, 1929.

H. G. NoRwopD RAILWAY RAIL ANCHOR Filed Sept. 27, 1928 Patented July 23, 1929.

'er a YORK, n. Y., nests-non TO 'rnnononn F. Von Bean,

on NEW YORK, n. Y.

RAILWAY-BAIL ANCHOR.

Application filed September 27, 1928. Serial No. 308,644.

This invention relates to a new and novel one piece rail anchor or anti-creeper especially designed to be secured to the base portion of railway track rails and in engag 5 ment with stationary parts of the road bed,

and is adapted to prevent longitudinal displacement of the track rails during the travel of the rolling stock thereover.

The prime object of the invention is to provide a simple, strong, durable, and eco nomical rail anchor, or anti-creeper possessingmanimum strength, and' which when properly applied will effectively resist all creeping tendency of the track rail.

Another object of the invention is to provide a rail anchor formed of a single piece of sheet steel, such as heat treated steel, which willunder all conditions rigidly grip and lock the track rail against creeping toward an adjacent cross-tie.

A further object of the invention is to so construct my novel anchor that any tendency of the rail to creep'will tend to oscillate the anchor about its fulcrum against the tie and cause the anchor to more intensely clamp and grip the rail.

The foregoing and such other objects as may appear from the ensuing description are accomplished by the construction, 'arrangement, formation, location and combination of the several parts hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, andparticularly pointed out in the claims appended hereto, it being construction may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification it will be seen that:

Figure 1 is a perspective of the improved device embodying my invention shown detached from the track rail.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation showing the device secured to the base portion of a track rail. I v

Fig. 3 is an end elevation taken from the left hand end of the device of Fig. 2 removed from the track rail. 7

Fig. l is a plan view of the device removed from the track rail, and

Fig. 5 is an end elevation taken from the right hand end portion'of the rail anchor.

In the embodiment of my invention as i1 a understood that slight changes in the pre else form, proportions and minor details of lustratcd it will be observed that the numeral l indlcates a railway track rail, the said ran having a tendency to creep, when sub- ,let'

jected tothe excessive strain caused by the.

travel of the heavy rolling stock thereovc-ia' My novel and improved rail anchor may be formed in any suitable or desirable manner, but is preferably formed of a single piece of (hot pressed) high grade sheet steel of the desired or required dimensions, the solid depending body portion being preferably tronglrshaped, as is clearly shown in the drawings, with its upper edges 2 resting in contact withthe lower face of the track rail base, said body portion being widened at one end portion 3 thereof, and so. pressed and formed that the wider portion ofthe body at the central portion thereof is gradually merged into a narrowed and deepened depending portion at its other end 4, so that any water or foreign matter that should have i a tendency to accumulate within the troughshaped body portion would be drained out, or discharged at the lowermost narrowed end 4 of the anchor.

It will be perceived that the widened end portion 3 of the anchor isprovided with two overlapping corrugated clamping jaws 5, adapted to tightly clamp against the up.- per inclined face of the base of the track rail at one side of the rail, while the narrowed end portion t is also provided with two clamping jaws 6, adapted to slightly overlap the opposite side of the rail base and tightly clamp against the edge of said rail base.

The clamping jaws 5 are corrugated throughout their dimensions for the purpose of adding strength and rigidity thereto. It will be observed that the wider shallow portlon 3 forming a part of the depending .body portion is adapted to contact with a cross-tie, hence when there is any tendency of the track rail to creep under intense strain, it will cause the portion in contact with the tie to be pressed outwardly and thus impart an inward movement to each end of said body portion thus causing the clamping jaws at each end of the anchor to more intensely grip each side of the rail base, thereby forcibly arresting and preventing any and all tendency of the creeping action of the track rail.

This particular type of rail anchor being formed from a high grade of spring steel,

I inclined surface of one side of the rail base and with the upper edges of the jaws 6 in contact with the lower face of the rail base, and it is then driven endwise from its left hand end beneath the rail base by means of a suitable sledge or maul until thejaws 6, which are under an upward tension against the lower face of the rail base, are caused to pass beyond the edge of the base of the rail, when said jaws 6 will immediately spring upwardly and clamp over the of the rail base, thereby causing both the jaws 5 and 6 to impart an intense gripping contact with the rail base when the anchor shall have been completely adjusted to its proper operative position on the base of the track rail, and the special cons ruction of this anchor is intended to impart the maximum of strength thereto for the'purpose intended.

The anchor may be removed by the use of a suitable tool adapted to pry or force off the slightly overlapping jaws 6 to a position below the rail base, when by striking the right hand end portion one or more sharp blows with a sledge it will be readily detached from the-rail.

, It will be understood that a sheet of high grade of steel is employed, and it is so stamped 0r pressed as to form a troughshaped body portion, its upper edge being adapted to rest incontact with the lowerface of the track rail base, as is clearly shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings.

'In the formation of the trough-shaped body portion it will be seen that the widened end portion, at the inner end portion thereof is pressed downwardly and inwardly thus imparting a narrowed and deepened portion at the other end of the said body portion for the purpose hereinbefore de scribed.

Having thus describedmy invention-what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A; single piece rail anchor comprising a depending troriglrshaped body portion viderat one end-than at the other, and a pair ofgripping jaws formed at each end thereof.

2. A single piece raila-nchor comprising a solic depending trough-shaped body por-.

portion, one end portion being wide and shallow, and the other end being formed narrower and deeper, and apair of gripping j formed at each end thereof.

4%. A single piece rail anchor comprising a metallic depending troughehaped body portion having a widened portion at one end and a narrowed portion at its oppositeend, the widened portion being adapted to contact with a cross-tie, a pair of corrugated clamping jaws, formed at one end, and a pair of gripping jaws at its opposite end.

5. A single piece rail anchor comprising a steel depending trough-shaped body portion formed wider at one end than at its other end, and deeper at one end than at its opposite end, two corrugated gripping'jaws formed at one end, and two clamping jaws formed at its opposite end.

HARRY e. Noawoon its. 

